Kaänga Comics #12

(Summer 1952)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Kaänga / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Celardo

Inks

John Celardo

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Through the dawn-mists boomed the call of the pygmy drums --

Genre

jungle

Reprints

• from Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #84 (December 1946) [Edited down from 10 pages to 6. Heavily re-written and re-drawn.]

Indexer Notes

Art credits from the GCD entry for the original publication.

Primitive African Cults (Table of Contents: 3)

Jungle Facts / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; jungle

Reprints

• from Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #81 (September 1946)
• in Kaänga Comics (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #24

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Kaänga / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Celardo

Inks

John Celardo

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

They were trailing a cattle-killer on the river flats...

Reprints

• from Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #96 (December 1947) [Edited down from 11 pages to 6. Heavily re-written with some re-drawn panels.]
• in Kaänga Comics (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #24

Indexer Notes

Art credits from the GCD entry for the original publication.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Jungle Lore / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

George Evans

Inks

George Evans

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Before he may be a full-fledged member of the tribe...

Genre

non-fiction; jungle

Reprints

• from Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #84 (December 1946)
• in Kaänga Comics (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #24

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Camilla / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fran Hopper (see notes)

Inks

Fran Hopper (signed); ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Camilla, queen of the jungle, had heard the death drums from afar...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Fang; K'Bali (death); Senga (death)

Synopsis

Camilla hears that Senga (an evil Zombi queen that reportedly can not die) has declared that K'Bali must die. She rescues K'Bali from a leopard and sends a message that K'Bali will tell Senga's secrets. Senga kidnaps him and gives K'Bali a knife and tell him to kill her so that she can prove that she can't be killed. K'Bali is suddenly paralyzed and falls into a pit and is killed by wild beasts. Camilla figures that the weapon must have been poisoned and challenges Senga to a fight. Senga dies when Camilla dodges and she falls into the same pit that K'Bali fell into.

Reprints

• from Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #91 (July 1947) [artwork only, see note]
• in Jungle Girls Retro Comics (AC, 1997 series) #4 (1997) [this modified version]

Indexer Notes

The 8 page Camilla story from Jungle Comics #91 has been re-worked into a new 4 page story here. Most of the panels have been re-arranged, extended and re-lettered. The original is signed on the first page, but that splash panel is not included here. Reprint identified by Carlos on the GCD Error List.

First line of story: "Camilla, queen of the jungle, had heard the death drums from afar..."

The Queen's Curse (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Kaänga / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Celardo

Inks

John Celardo; George Evans ?; Maurice Whitman ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Deep in the Congo's heart, where Kaänga ruled, a treasure trove lay hidden...

Reprints

• from Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #81 (September 1946) [Edited down from 11 pages to 8. Some re-writing and re-drawn panels.]

Indexer Notes

Art credits from the GCD entry for the original publication.